APRIL 2, 2021
The marks painted by a young couple cover the graffiti artwork of New York-based artist Jon One at a gallery in Seoul, South Korea, April 2, 2021. - Minwoo Park/Reuters
Staff at the gallery exhibition noticed new brush strokes on the wall -- small swipes of dark green to the right of center -- last Sunday. After checking...
APRIL 2, 2021
Asian markets rose on Friday following a record-breaking session on Wall Street.
The S&P 500 broke the 4000-point barrier for the first time, while the Nasdaq and Dow Jones also made gains.
Investors were buoyed by President Joe Biden's new $2.3tn (£1.7tn) infrastructure spending plan and growing optimism about the economy.
Markets in Tokyo and Seoul were up more than...
APRIL 1, 2021
By linking the restoration of the trade ties with Article 370, Pakistan has once again brought the relations between India and Pakistan, which seemed to be on the path of becoming better, back to square one.
The Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan has rejected the proposal its own government body of resuming the import of sugar and cotton...
APRIL 1, 2021
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday (April 1, 2021) informed that COVID-19 vaccination will now be done on all days of April, including gazetted holidays at all public and private hospitals.
The Centre has also written to all states and UTs and asked them to make necessary arrangements to provide COVID-19 vaccination in these CVCs on all days...
MARCH 30, 2021
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, China, Jan. 25, 2020. - Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
The World Health Organization and China released a long-awaited joint report into the origins...
MARCH 29, 2021
Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc reduced risk of infection by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according to data from a real-world US study released on Monday.
The risk of infection fell 90 per cent by two weeks after the second shot, the study...
MARCH 29, 2021
A health worker collects a swab sample from a bus passenger for Covid-19 test during a special testing camp at Anand Vihar bus terminal, on March 26, 2021 in New Delhi, India. And the latest data shows that India has shown biggest jump in weekly cases of Covid-19 in the past week. - Sonu Mehta/Hindustan...
MARCH 29, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden and a top health official warned Monday that too many Americans are declaring virus victory too quickly, appealing for mask requirements and other restrictions to be maintained or restored to stave off a “fourth surge” of COVID-19. The head of the CDC said she had a feeling of “impending doom” if...
MARCH 29, 2021
People line up before a Covid-19 vaccination drive the Lynchburg fire Department is helping organize at an old TJ Maxx store in Lynchburg, Virginia on March 13, 2021. - The Lynchburg Fire department teamed up with the city government and private industry to help administer and distribute vaccines to the counties around. They also use outreach with...
MARCH 29, 2021
Credentials showing that people have been vaccinated could be crucial for the resumption of international travel. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as “vaccine passports” — that would allow Americans to prove they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as businesses...
